Dr Raghava M  obtained his Ph.D. in  Computer Science from Central University, Hyderabad during the year 2017.  He received his M.Tech (CST) from the University of Mysore in 2003  and prior to that he completed his postgraduation in Mathematics from Central University, Pondicherry during the year 2000. He had started his engineering teaching career as a faculty in the Department of CSE,  CVRCE in 2003. He received his promotion as Associate Professor in 2008 and got ratified by JNTUH in 2010. He is elevated to Professor position in the Department of CSE during 2017.  He is also serving additional responsibilities as Associate Dean, Alumni Affairs since  2021. 

Prof Raghava teaches subjects related to System Software, Algorithmics, Distributed Systems,  IoT, and  Image Processing.  His research areas include Image Processing, Random Fields, Approximation Theory, Machine Learning and Deep Learning. He has published 12 research articles and co-authored a Textbook on Machine Learning applications. He had visited Thailand and presented a research article in MIWAI-16, an international conference. He had successfully executed a consultancy project in the IoT domain. He is a member of BoS(CSE) and coordinator for IQAC. He served as convener for two international conferences and one national conference organized by the department. He has been serving as SPOC for Smart India Hackathon and coordinating the internal hackathon editions. Students brought laurels to the college by winning 5 awards worth Rs 2,50,000.

Prof Raghava maintains cordial relations with students and takes harnessing their potential as a responsibility. He serves as an institute-alumni interface and coordinates various alumni activities,  and meets on-campus and overseas. His ambition is to onboard all the alumni members to a single digital platform and to accelerate the alumni activities that contribute to the academic excellence of the college.  He maintains the Alumni Affairs website of the college.